04-17-2013
Copying a string from a file using shell script
Hello everyone
I am completely new to shell scripting in linux. I wan to write a script to search for a certain string from a .txt file and copy the string which apears just after tat searched string.
Eg: in a file- try.txt , we have a line saying: "roses are red, so what do i do"
I want ot search for the string "roses" and then copy the next string i.e. "are" and assign it to a variable.
Could anyone help me with this.
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